GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 99-76, Dec 18, 1999
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WORLD OF RADIO ON RFPI: The new edition 1016 already started Fri Dec
17 at 1930, so repeats UT Sat 0330, 1130, 1800, etc. We hope to
continue with Friday-start-cycles. 1016 was also confirmed at
http://www.wrn.org/ondemand by 2100 UT Friday.
** AUSTRALIA. This week's Feedback on RA had some 60th anniversary
greetings from various luminaries, even Sir Robert Menzies, from long
ago. And someone tried to explain about programs disappearing for the
summer holidays. The last Asia Pacific was Dec 17; back from Jan 10.
Pacific Beat is replaced by Summer Beat, thru January, more relaxed
format, from various Pacific islands. World Today and PM are off,
replaced by documentary specials from correspondents inside and
outside Australia. Australian Talkback is off for 4 or 5 weeks.
Next Sat, Dec 25, RA will join with various local radio networks
around Australia for Xmas celebrations, starting at 2300 UT Dec 24
[said New Year’s Eve but surely meant Xmas Eve], until 2 am local
time on Boxing Day [1500 UT Dec 25 if referring to AEST]. Then there
will be a NYE Party, with Pacific broadcasting colleagues, GM of RA,
the Governor General, and other leaders; I think he said it would
start at 10 GMT, i.e. Dec 31 as the UT+14 islands pretend they are in
2000y (Glenn Hauser)
** MACAU [non]. Xinhua has set up a website in Portuguese covering
the handover, since Dec 17: http://www.xinhua.org/macao (Xinhua via
BBC Monitoring, summarised by Hauser)
CRI will broadcast this live in Portuguese, according to
http://www.cri.com.cn/portugal/99macau starting at 1500 UT Dec 19,
until 1835 on 9515 to Portugal, 900 to Macau. This will include the
transfer of power ceremony at 1600 UT Dec 19, midnight local time.
From 0150 to 0400 on 6165 for Portugal, 900 for Macau, another
broadcast should cover the ceremonies creating the Macau Special
Administrative Region and the inauguration of the new governor,
Edmund Ho (Ho Hau-wah, in Chinese) and of his cabinet. All these can
also be heard via the CRI website
http://www.cri.com.cn ). [6165 and 9515 likely European relays -gh]
As for RDP Internacional, I am completely unaware of any special
broadcasts. The website http://www.rdp.pt has nothing at all about
Macau, rather strange given the importance of the event. RDP has made
broadcasts directly from the territory on their regular broadcasts,
using the studios of R. Macau. (Fernando de Sousa Ribeiro, Porto,
radio-escutas, translated by Hauser; his further comments are best
conveyed in the original:)
A passagem de Macau para a China marca o fim de um ciclo (o ciclo
imperial) da historia de Portugal, ciclo esse iniciado ha' perto de
600 anos com a conquista de Ceuta, no Norte de Africa (Ceuta pertence
hoje a Espanha). Ao longo deste ciclo, os portugueses espalhara-se
pelo mundo, descobrindo novas terras e novas gentes para a Europa, e
mudaram a face da Terra, para o bem e para o mal. Com a entrega de
Macau 'a China, Portugal fica desprovido de colonias (Timor Leste
esta' nas maos das Nacoes Unidas, que esta' encarregada de preparar o
territorio para a independencia), limitando-se a este rectangulo no
sudoeste da Europa e aos arquipelagos dos Acores e da Madeira (estes
arquipelagos nao sao colonias, pois eram ilhas desabitadas quando
foram descobertos e foram povoados por portugueses; no caso dos
Acores, houve tambem um importante influxo de imigrantes flamengos e
de alguns bretoes). Boas escutas e 73 Fernando de Sousa Ribeiro
Porto, Portugal
Quem quiser saber mais alguma coisa sobre o territorio de Macau, que
permaneceu nas maos de Portugal durante mais de 400 anos, pode
consultar o seguinte website:
http://www.terravista.pt/AguaAlto/1023/macau.htm 73 Fernando de Sousa
Ribeiro Porto, Portugal
CRI's webpage
http://www.cri.com.cn/english/ncri_special/macao/index.html
contains a table of frequencies to be used in these special
broadcasts. These start at 1500 UT on Dec 19 and end at 1230 [sic] UT
on Dec 20. The Transfer of Power Ceremony will be at 1500-1630;
inauguration of new chief executive of the region at 1730-1830. [not
given when the Official Reception Gala Celebration in Beijing will
be! -- maybe that is what is really meant for 0150-0400 above if the
times have been converted correctly; however, one would think the
Gala more likely scheduled for the following local evening until
perhaps 1230 UT -gh]
Europe - 9705 kHz (Region Handover Ceremony and Inauguration of
the Regional Government); 9745 kHz (Celebration Activities in
Macao); 17755 kHz (Official Reception Gala Celebration in Beijing)
South Africa - 9785 kHz (Region Handover Ceremony and Inauguration
of the Regional Government); 11720 kHz (Celebration Activities in
Macao); 11720 kHz (Official Reception Gala Celebration in Beijing)
Asia - 9785 kHz (Region Handover Ceremony and Inauguration of the
Regional Government); 11720 khz (Celebration Activities in Macao);
11720 khz (Official Reception Gala Celebration in Beijing)
Southeast Asia - 9535 kHz (Official Reception Gala Celebration in
Beijing)
South Asia - 11765 kHz (Official Reception Gala Celebration in
Beijing)
North America - 9690 kHz (Inauguration of the Regional
Government); 9690 kHz (Official Reception Gala Celebration in
Beijing)
Hong Kong - 107.1 FM (Region Handover Ceremony and Inauguration of
the Regional Government) (Fernando de Sousa Ribeiro via radio-escutas
and hard-core-dx)
Tnx, Fernando; if anyone can nail down the exact times, frequencies
and transmitter sites in the remaining hours before the event, that
would be helpful. NAm apparently won't be getting much but the
frequency to watch is 9690, which is normally only in English at
0300-0400 via Spain. And as we said 7405 which is normally on until
1600. Info above is similar to what CRI was announcing at :15 into
its Friday broadcasts without any times but mentioning *five* live
broadcasts! (Hauser)
** NEW ZEALAND. This message is to confirm RNZI will go ahead with a
transmission to East Timor as below -: Fri 17, Sat 18 and Sun 19
December RNZI will extend transmission from 1000 to 1305 UTC:
1005-1030 17675
1030-1055 15235
1055-1130 17675
1130-1155 15235
1155-1230 17675
1230-1255 15295
1255-1305 17675
1305 Close Transmission
The programme will mostly contain world news, NZ news and current
affairs. (Adrian Sainsbury, Technical Manager, RNZI, received after
1305 on Dec 17)
I suppose the alternation of 15 and 17 MHz be for further comparison
tests. I then asked Adrian if this is ONLY Dec 17-19, or will it
continue every weekend? (Hauser)
Only 17, 18 and 19 Dec. There may be further transmissions but no
decision has been made yet. (Sainsbury)
Also can you confirm the frequency schedule for your New Year
special. Will you in fact be using the 6 MHz channels at night??
(Hauser)
Yes we will use 6105 kHz 1105 - 1505 and 6145 kHz 1506-1650 UTC over
New Years Eve. (Sainsbury)
Please, bring back 9700 in the 0500-1100+ period for this??? (Hauser)
Sorry we have no need to use lower frequencies for Pacific coverage
at this time in the sunspot cycle. (Adrian)
I am well aware of your current thinking about 17675 versus 9700, but
for this very special occasion only would like to encourage RNZI to
take a broader view of worldwide coverage including North America
(Hauser)
** PERU. Re R. Libertad, Trujillo in 99-75: Glenn, This station is
listed on 1160 kHz with 5 kW. Perhaps you heard me mention it on Media
Network in the meantime. 73, (Andy Sennitt)
I assume this is the Radio Libertad de Trujillo that came on briefly
about 1983-4. I know it was when I was living in Honduras. I think
the frequency was 4910, but I don't have my logs at hand to check. I
do have a nice QSL letter from the owner (Burmeister? That name comes
to mind.) The station had also been on SW in the 1950s and/or 1960s,
before my time. Of course, it has always been on MW. It sounds like
the Ministry of Transport is getting more serious about licensing. Of
course, Trujillo is a major and easily reached city. Their agents may
be less interested in traveling to remote mountain towns. In fact, I
wonder if closing down Radio Libertad is a way of showing they are
closing down unlicensed stations without personal sacrifice, ;-).
(Don Moore)
** U K O G B A N I. I tried to listen to Letter from America
via BBC Radio 4 on Real Audio Friday Dec 17 at 2045 GMT and I heard
one from 1967 and an announcement that Mr. Cooke hadn't been able to
make a new one due to illness. I haven't found out anything else.
(Joel Rubin, NY)
** U S A. Notes from Allan Weiner Worldwide, WBCQ 7415, UT Sat Dec 18
0100-0200: Pagan Potpourri has two more shows before quitting until
next spring, perhaps: Fridays 2230-2300. Helen complained they got
zero response, not even hate mail. From 2000y, probably will move
Radio Detective into that time slot it originally wanted, ex-
Tuesdays. New starting Dec 29 is Full Disclosure, political info,
Weds 2300-2400 UT. Expects to test WBCQ-2 some more Thu or Fri
afternoons, Dec 23-24, on 9340 with tones, SSB, AM, as it is tuned
up. (notes by Hauser)
** U S A. Well worth seeking out is Solstice Live, the Paul Winter
Consort's annual 2-hour concert from the Cathedral of St. John the
[Allegedly] Divine, New York, recorded Dec 10 and no doubt already
aired on some NPR stations. KWGS 89.5 Tulsa is running it Sunday
evening Dec 19 at 7 pm CT; WNYC 93.9 NYC the following Wednesday
evening Dec 22 (Glenn Hauser, OK) ###